In 1910, the first year that women were allowed to run for municipal office, she was one of Sweden's first females elected to the city council.

[1] In 1900, with her friend Sigrid Hård, she started a garden school called Agdatorp in Blekinge, that could accommodate 14–16 students per year.

During the first decades of the 20th century, the number of female garden educational institutions increased and thus also the negative articles.

[1] In 1910, the first year that women were allowed to run for office, Schmidt was elected to the Karlshamn City Council for the Liberals.

[1] In addition, she worked for the Red Cross's local branch in the city and was its secretary beginning in 1914 with the start of World War I, and continuing through 1927.